Vehicle-spring clip



sept. 2. 1924. 1,507Q537 H. T. WEIS VEHICLEv SPRING CLIP Filed Dec. 9, 1922 3mm/doc jl?. W25,

Patented Sept. 2, 192i HENRY T. WEIS, F FAIBMONT, T 123m.

VEHICLE-SYBING CLIP.

Application :tiled -December e, 1922. Serial No. @05523.

To all whom it may comer/n:

Be it known that HENRY T. Vlnis, a citi- Zen of the United States or" America, residing at Fairmont, in the county of Marion and State of West Virginia, has invented new and useful improvements in Vehicle- Spring Clips, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide simple and etlicient means for preventing the rattling and noisy or audible vibration of vehicle spring clips without interfering with the proper functioning oi' the clip or other parts oi' the structure with which the clip is related and in'this connection to provide a device which may be applied at any time to the clip of avehicle spring Without necessitating any change in the construction of either the spring or the clip; and with these objects in view the invention consists 'of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein z- Figure lis a side View, and Figure Q is an end view of a vehicle spring fitted with a clip silencer constructed in a.. cordance with the invention.

Figure 3 is a plan view oi the same. Figures 4 and 5 aredetail views of modi- 3G fied forms of the silencer. l

The device embodying the invention which is. applicable to a spring structure l0 having the usual clips l1 of which the sides are connected by -transverse pins or bolts 12,

consists of a bowed platerl which in the :form illustratedin Figures 1 to 3 inclusive is constructed :from a blank of spring or resilient metal cut away at one end to form parallel arms le and at the other end to 40 form a, tongue l5, of which the latter is folded or wrapped around the pin or bolt l2 to form an eye 16 with the terminal of the plate represented by the arms le and tongue l5 bearing upon the surface of the adjacent leal of the spring structure so as to .hold the pin or bolt and clip against vibration relative to the spring leaves without mterfermg with the movement of the lat-ter With relation to the clips. A

- In the construction illustrated in Figure 4 the plate 17 bowed as described in relation 'Ell lustrates silencer holding means consisting of punch points or indents 19 formed in the plate 20 in position for engagement with the opposite sides of the pin or bolt 12 to hold the device against displacement and permit of :functioning as above described-with relation to the other forms of the device.

The silencer is of such a construction as may readily be applied tothe clips of' a vehicle spring when the parts of the 'latter are assembled or subsequent to the assembly in a construction and combination of parts thereof should the structure develop a tendenoy2 to rattle or to produce an audible vibration, so that the annoyance incident to such sound may be eliminated.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A silencer forfuse in connection with vehicle spring clips having transverse pins or bolts for connecting the side arms of the clips, the same consisting n of a bowed plate adapted to be interposed be; tween the pin or bolt and the exposed surface of the adjacentspring leaf for ter# minal contact with the latter and having at itsIL center a coil for embracing said pin or 2. A silencer for use in connection with vehicle spring clips having transverse or bolts for connecting the side arms o the clips, the same consisting .of a iresilient bowed plate adapted to be interposed between the pin or bolt and the exposed suru face of the adjacent spring leaf for terminal contact with the latter, said plate being pro vided at one end with parallel arms and at 'the other end with a tongue of which the latter is wrapped around said pin or bolt in a plane between said arms. l

' In testimony whereof he axes his signature.

MNRY T. -WEIS.

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